Achieving better Scalability, Reliability, Agility and Security via Open Source and Open Standards

Keynote at the 2015 Open Source, Open Standards conference. Aim was to convey some of the reasons why open source approaches are necessary in a modern environment, and some of the challenges that go with them.

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1. Open Source, Open Standards 2015
2. James Stewart
 Director of Technical Architecture
 Government Digital Service
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3. I’m from the Government Digital Service @jystewart GDS @jystewart GDS
4. It’s been another big year @jystewart GDS @jystewart GDS
5. GOV.UK is now home to over 300 departments and agencies GDS @jystewart GDS @jystewart GDS
6. GDS 20 of government’s biggest services redesigned to meet the needs of users Many more on the journey @jystewart GDS
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8. GOV.UK Verify in public beta GDS @jystewart GDS
9. New technology for Cabinet Office and other departments GDS
10. Some shiny, flashy slide about Digital Marketplace GDS @jystewart GDS A new digital marketplace
11. And we’re exploring opportunities for more shared platforms to deepen the transformation GDS @jystewart GDS
12. We’re living in times of enormous change GDS @jystewart GDS
13. Opportunities are appearing fast GDS @jystewart GDS
14. Opportunities are appearing fast and threats are constantly changing GDS @jystewart GDS
15. Whichever you’re concerned about, the delivery approach has had to change GDS @jystewart GDS
16. It’s an attitude that permeates everything we do. things Make open, it makes things better
17. Open processes and trust in the team things Make open, it makes things better
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19. Open processes and trust in the team Open source to enable experimentation things Make open, it makes things better
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21. Open processes and trust in the team Open source to enable innovation Open standards so it fits together things Make open, it makes things better
22. Working in an open, distributed way has its own challenges GDS @jystewart GDS
23. It’s important to ask which pieces of this are genuinely sensitive? GDS @jystewart GDS
24. It’s hard to manage inter-dependent systems GDS @jystewart GDS
25. signal:noise GDS @jystewart GDS
26. When setting standards you’re managing evolution. Timing is everything. GDS @jystewart GDS
27. We’re not good enough at treating each other with respect. GDS @jystewart GDS
28. We need the agility to respond rapidly and continually improve our approach. GDS @jystewart GDS
29. things Make open, it makes things better Thanks! James Stewart
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